On Household Chores

[danieldwilliam]

My son, the Captain, recently turned 11.

I think he's ready to do some chores around the house. He's a reasonably sensible and trustworthy eleven year old.

My own experience of turning eleven and picking up some jobs around the house is, I think, not an ideal guide to how this should be done. My mum was a single parent to 4 kids, I'm the eldest. Things were fraught and a not necessarly well thought through.

So what are some reasonable jobs around the house for an eleven year old?

Comments

[mountainkiss]

Oh freshly ironed sheets are amazing and if I ever have lots of money then I will have them every week.

[danieldwilliam]

I should try an experiment to see if I find freshly ironed sheets significantly more pleasant than freshly washed sheets.

Not sure how to actually do that in real life.